How will tariffs impact the markets tomorrow and this week?

Markets hate uncertainty. I think just watching the Bitcoin price action this weekend tells you where we are headed tomorrow and this week.

Thankfully, I don't see this "trade war" lasting more than a week or two. We are too powerful and stubborn.

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Markets hate uncertainty. I think just watching the Bitcoin price action this weekend tells you where we are headed tomorrow and this week.

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100% agree.

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Thankfully, I don't see this "trade war" lasting more than a week or two. We are too powerful and stubborn.

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This I'm less sure about. On the one hand, the US is obviously an economic behemoth. On the other, Trump loves being adored. If the boos get loud enough, it's hard to say what he will do.

Trump is very tuned into what stock market is doing that makes me feel good in long term.

However, short term it will be rocky.

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Our leverage here can not be overstated. Canada can not afford the route they are about to go down.

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In a vacuum, I agree with you. But Trump ran on lowering the cost of groceries. You and I both knew that was an absurd promise, but I've been saying since the election that I foresee a large swath of middle America being in for a very rude awakening if they thought their monthly budgets were already tight.

Now, is there a solid chunk of Trump's base that would eat canned beans for years if it meant "winning"? Absolutely. But we'll see how Trump handles having to listen to the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the large chunk of the population in the middle who support him but care far more about the balance of their checking account than they do shifting balances on a trade ledger.

We live in interesting times, no doubt.

No predictions but one fact.

Been in the market since the mid 90s. Life of the portfolio 54% to the good. Made a lot of money.

Taking all my profit and 50% of investment out. Going to cash.

Two Reasons:

Getting ready to retire (again). My third retirement all with different pots of money:

Not risking my profit or investment because Trump wants a trade war. I dont think this ends well for America and investors (non oligarch investors) bottom line.

I'm sure I'm wrong, enjoy.

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Been in the market since the mid 90s. Life of the portfolio 54%

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Only 54% since the 90s i hope that's a typo

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Yeah, there was this thing called a "tech bubble". Good lesson. Really good lesson.

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If you invested every dollar you had at the very peak of the Dot Com bubble (NASDAQ at 4,963 points in the year 2000) and never invested another dollar, your initial investment would be up 295% today.

i am not optimistic either short or long term. an exogenous event like this (COVID, trade war, etc) can upend the markets without discretion, and reset years of careful planning by the little guy.

this is straight up insanity that will very much hurt the very middle class that voted this administration in by acclaim. i would very much like to hear any arguments to the contrary

I’m worried because Canada has a bit of a “Trump” card. Oil. We import a shite ton of their crude.



They can make this politically untenable for Trump if they want to do so. They could lose every other aspect of the trade war, but Trump will get roasted if gas prices increase.

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But we'll see how Trump handles having to listen to the wailing and gnashing of teeth from the large chunk of the population in the middle who support him but care far more about the balance of their checking account than they do shifting balances on a trade ledger

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hey, no offense, but... he never will need another vote from anyone ever again. he has been handed all three branches of government on a silver platter. WTF makes anyone think he cares one iota about how these policies affect anyone but him and his cronies/backers/cohorts.

maybe it will work maybe it wont, i said above i'm pretty certain it wont (because it never has). either way the outcome will not be affected by popular outcry